77th United States Congress

77th United States Congress
	76th ← → 78th
	United States Capitol (1956)
January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943
Members	96 senators; 435 representatives; 4 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Democratic
Senate President	John N. Garner (D) ; (until January 20, 1941); Henry A. Wallace (D) ; (from January 20, 1941)
House Majority	Democratic
House Speaker	Sam Rayburn (D)
Sessions
	1st: January 3, 1941 – January 2, 1942; 2nd: January 5, 1942 – December 16, 1942

The 77th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1941, to January 3, 1943, during the ninth and tenth years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1940. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

This was the first Congress to have more than one Senate President (the Vice President of the United States), John Garner and Henry Wallace, due to the passage of the 20th amendment in 1933.

President Franklin Roosevelt signing the Lend-Lease Act, March 11, 1941.

President Roosevelt delivering the "Infamy Speech" to Congress, requesting a declaration of war, December 8, 1941. Behind him are Vice President Henry Wallace (left) and House Speaker Sam Rayburn. To the right, in uniform in front of Rayburn, is Roosevelt's son James, who escorted his father to the Capitol.

President Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan, December 8, 1941

Major events

January 20, 1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt began his third term.
December 7, 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor
December 8, 1941: Joint Session of Congress met to hear President Roosevelt deliver his "Day of Infamy" speech
December 26, 1941: Joint session of the United States Congress met in the Senate chamber for an address by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Major legislation and resolutions

March 11, 1941: Lend Lease Act, Pub.L. 77–11, Sess. 1, ch. 11, 55 Stat. 31
August 18, 1941: Flood Control Act of 1941, Pub.L. 77–228, Sess. 1, ch. 377, 55 Stat. 638
December 8, 1941: Resolution— War between United States and Japan, Pub.L. 77–328, Sess. 1, ch. 561, 55 Stat. 795
December 11, 1941: Resolution— War between United States and Germany, Pub.L. 77–331, Sess. 1, ch. 564, 55 Stat. 796
December 11, 1941: Resolution— War between United States and Italy, Pub.L. 77–332, Sess. 1, ch. 565, 55 Stat. 797
January 27, 1942: Air Raid Attack Act of 1942, Pub.L. 77–415, Sess. 2, ch. 20, 56 Stat. 19
January 30, 1942: Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, Pub.L. 77–421, Sess. 2, ch. 26, 56 Stat. 23
June 5, 1942: Resolution— War between United States and Bulgaria, Pub.L. 77–563, Sess. 2, ch. 323, 56 Stat. 307
June 5, 1942: Resolution— War between United States and Hungary, Pub.L. 77–564, Sess. 2, ch. 324, 56 Stat. 307
June 5, 1942: Resolution— War between United States and Romania, Pub.L. 77–565, Sess. 2, ch. 325, 56 Stat. 307
June 22, 1942: Resolution— United States Flag Code, including recognition of the Pledge of Allegiance, Pub.L. 77–623, Sess. 2, ch. 435, 56 Stat. 377
October 2, 1942: Stabilization Act of 1942, Pub.L. 77–729, Sess. 2, ch. 578, 56 Stat. 765

Select committees

Truman Committee (officially the United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program)

Leadership

Senate

President: John Nance Garner (D), until January 20, 1941
- Henry A. Wallace (D), from January 20, 1941
President pro tempore: Pat Harrison (D), until June 22, 1941
- Carter Glass (D), from July 10, 1941

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Majority leader: Alben W. Barkley
Majority Whip: Lister Hill
Democratic Caucus Secretary: Joshua B. Lee

Minority (Republican) leadership

Party summary

Senate

Senate composition by state

2 Democrats

2 Republicans

1 Democrat and 1 Republican

1 Republican and 1 Independent

1 Republican and 1 Progressive

	Party (shading shows control)					Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Farmer– Labor (FL)	Wisconsin Progressive (P)	Republican (R)	Independent (I)
End of previous congress	68	1	1	25	1	96	0

Begin	66	0	1	28	1	96	0
End	64	0	1	30	1	96	0
Final voting share	66.7%	0.0%	1.0%	31.3%	1.0%

Beginning of next congress	57	0	1	38	0	96	0

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)						Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Farmer– Labor (FL)	American Labor (AL)	Wisconsin Progressive (P)	Republican (R)	Other (O)
End of previous congress	256	1	1	2	167	1	428	7

Begin	268	1	1	3	162	0	435	0
End	254	1	1	3	165	0	424	11
Final voting share	59.9%	0.2%	0.2%	0.7%	38.9%	0.0%

Beginning of next congress	222	1	1	2	208	0	434	1

Members

Senate

Senators are elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1942; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1944; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1946.

Alabama

2. John H. Bankhead II (D)
3. J. Lister Hill (D)

Arizona

1. Ernest McFarland (D)
3. Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas

2. John E. Miller (D), until March 31, 1941
- G. Lloyd Spencer (D), from April 1, 1941
3. Hattie Caraway (D)

California

1. Hiram Johnson (R)
3. Sheridan Downey (D)

Colorado

2. Edwin C. Johnson (D)
3. Alva B. Adams (D), until December 1, 1941
- Eugene Donald Millikin (R), from December 20, 1941

Connecticut

1. Francis T. Maloney (D)
3. John A. Danaher (R)

Delaware

1. James M. Tunnell (D)
2. James H. Hughes (D)

Florida

1. Charles O. Andrews (D)
3. Claude Pepper (D)

Georgia

2. Walter F. George (D)
3. Richard Russell Jr. (D)

Idaho

2. John W. Thomas (R)
3. David Worth Clark (D)

Illinois

2. Charles W. Brooks (R)
3. Scott W. Lucas (D)

Indiana

1. Raymond E. Willis (R)
3. Frederick Van Nuys (D)

Iowa

2. Clyde L. Herring (D)
3. Guy Mark Gillette (D)

Kansas

2. Arthur Capper (R)
3. Clyde M. Reed (R)

Kentucky

2. Happy Chandler (D)
3. Alben W. Barkley (D)

Louisiana

2. Allen J. Ellender (D)
3. John H. Overton (D)

Maine

1. Owen Brewster (R)
2. Wallace H. White, Jr. (R)

Maryland

1. George L. P. Radcliffe (D)
3. Millard Tydings (D)

Massachusetts

1. David I. Walsh (D)
2. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R)

Michigan

1. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R)
2. Prentiss M. Brown (D)

Minnesota

1. Henrik Shipstead (R)
2. Joseph H. Ball (R), until November 17, 1942
- Arthur E. Nelson (R), from November 18, 1942

Mississippi

1. Theodore G. Bilbo (D)
2. Pat Harrison (D), until June 22, 1941
- James Eastland (D), June 30, 1941 – September 28, 1941
- Wall Doxey (D), from September 29, 1941

Missouri

1. Harry S. Truman (D)
3. Bennett Champ Clark (D)

Montana

1. Burton K. Wheeler (D)
2. James Edward Murray (D)

Nebraska

1. Hugh A. Butler (R)
2. George William Norris (I)

Nevada

1. Berkeley L. Bunker (D), until December 6, 1942
- James G. Scrugham (D), from December 7, 1942
3. Pat McCarran (D)

New Hampshire

2. Styles Bridges (R)
3. Charles W. Tobey (R)

New Jersey

1. William Warren Barbour (R)
2. William H. Smathers (D)

New Mexico

1. Dennis Chavez (D)
2. Carl Hatch (D)

New York

1. James M. Mead (D)
3. Robert F. Wagner (D)

North Carolina

2. Josiah William Bailey (D)
3. Robert Rice Reynolds (D)

North Dakota

1. William Langer (R)
3. Gerald Nye (R)

Ohio

1. Harold Hitz Burton (R)
3. Robert A. Taft (R)

Oklahoma

2. Joshua B. Lee (D)
3. Elmer Thomas (D)

Oregon

2. Charles L. McNary (R)
3. Rufus C. Holman (R)

Pennsylvania

1. Joseph F. Guffey (D)
3. James J. Davis (R)

Rhode Island

1. Peter G. Gerry (D)
2. Theodore F. Green (D)

South Carolina

2. James F. Byrnes (D), until July 17, 1941
- Alva M. Lumpkin (D), July 22, 1941 – August 1, 1941
- Roger C. Peace (D), August 5, 1941 – November 4, 1941
- Burnet R. Maybank (D), from November 5, 1941
3. Ellison D. Smith (D)

South Dakota

2. William J. Bulow (D)
3. John Chandler Gurney (R)

Tennessee

1. Kenneth McKellar (D)
2. Tom Stewart (D)

Texas

1. Tom Connally (D)
2. Morris Sheppard (D), until April 9, 1941
- Andrew Jackson Houston (D), April 21, 1941, until June 26, 1941
- W. Lee O'Daniel (D), from June 28, 1941

Utah

1. Orrice Abram Murdock, Jr. (D)
3. Elbert D. Thomas (D)

Vermont

1. Warren Austin (R)
3. George Aiken (R), from January 10, 1941

Virginia

1. Harry F. Byrd (D)
2. Carter Glass (D)

Washington

1. Monrad Wallgren (D)
3. Homer Bone (D)

West Virginia

1. Harley M. Kilgore (D)
2. Matthew M. Neely (D), until January 12, 1941
- Joseph Rosier (D), January 13, 1941 – November 17, 1942
- Hugh Ike Shott (R), from November 18, 1942

Wisconsin

1. Robert M. La Follette Jr. (P)
3. Alexander Wiley (R)

Wyoming

1. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)
2. Henry H. Schwartz (D)

House of Representatives

Alabama

1. Frank W. Boykin (D)
2. George M. Grant (D)
3. Henry B. Steagall (D)
4. Sam Hobbs (D)
5. Joe Starnes (D)
6. Pete Jarman (D)
7. Walter W. Bankhead (D), until February 1, 1941
- Carter Manasco (D), from June 24, 1941
8. John Sparkman (D)
9. Luther Patrick (D)

Arizona

At-large. John R. Murdock (D)

Arkansas

California

1. Clarence F. Lea (D)
2. Harry Lane Englebright (R)
3. Frank H. Buck (D), until September 17, 1942
4. Thomas Rolph (R)
5. Richard J. Welch (R)
6. Albert E. Carter (R)
7. John H. Tolan (D)
8. Jack Z. Anderson (R)
9. Bertrand W. Gearhart (R)
10. Alfred J. Elliott (D)
11. John Carl Hinshaw (R)
12. Jerry Voorhis (D)
13. Charles Kramer (D)
14. Thomas F. Ford (D)
15. John M. Costello (D)
16. Leland M. Ford (R)
17. Lee E. Geyer (D), until October 11, 1941
- Cecil R. King (D), from August 25, 1942
18. William Ward Johnson (R)
19. Harry R. Sheppard (D)
20. Edouard Izac (D)

Colorado

1. Lawrence Lewis (D)
2. William S. Hill (R)
3. John Chenoweth (R)
4. Edward T. Taylor (D), until September 3, 1941
- Robert F. Rockwell (R), from December 9, 1941

Connecticut

At-large. Lucien J. Maciora (D)
1. Herman P. Kopplemann (D)
2. William J. Fitzgerald (D)
3. James A. Shanley (D)
4. Le Roy D. Downs (D)
5. J. Joseph Smith (D), until November 4, 1941
- Joseph E. Talbot (R), from January 20, 1942

Delaware

At-large. Philip A. Traynor (D)

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

1. Compton I. White (D)
2. Henry Dworshak (R)

Illinois

At-large. Stephen A. Day (R)
At-large. William Stratton (R)
1. Arthur W. Mitchell (D)
2. Raymond S. McKeough (D)
3. Edward A. Kelly (D)
4. Harry P. Beam (D), until December 6, 1942
5. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
6. A. F. Maciejewski (D), until December 8, 1942
7. Leonard W. Schuetz (D)
8. Leo Kocialkowski (D)
9. Charles S. Dewey (R)
10. George A. Paddock (R)
11. Chauncey W. Reed (R)
12. Noah M. Mason (R)
13. Leo E. Allen (R)
14. Anton J. Johnson (R)
15. Robert B. Chiperfield (R)
16. Everett Dirksen (R)
17. Leslie Cornelius Arends (R)
18. Jessie Sumner (R)
19. William H. Wheat (R)
20. James M. Barnes (D)
21. George Evan Howell (R)
22. Edwin M. Schaefer (D)
23. Laurence F. Arnold (D)
24. James V. Heidinger (R)
25. C. W. Bishop (R)

Indiana

Iowa

1. Thomas E. Martin (R)
2. William S. Jacobsen (D)
3. John W. Gwynne (R)
4. Henry O. Talle (R)
5. Karl M. LeCompte (R)
6. Paul H. Cunningham (R)
7. Ben F. Jensen (R)
8. Fred C. Gilchrist (R)
9. Vincent F. Harrington (D), until September 5, 1942
- Harry E. Narey (R), from November 3, 1942

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

1. David Jenkins Ward (D)
2. William Purington Cole Jr. (D), until October 26, 1942
3. Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (D)
4. John Ambrose Meyer (D)
5. Lansdale Sasscer (D)
6. William D. Byron (D), until February 27, 1941
- Katharine Byron (D), from May 27, 1941

Massachusetts

1. Allen T. Treadway (R)
2. Charles R. Clason (R)
3. Joseph E. Casey (D)
4. Pehr G. Holmes (R)
5. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
6. George J. Bates (R)
7. Lawrence J. Connery (D), until October 19, 1941
- Thomas J. Lane (D), from December 30, 1941
8. Arthur D. Healey (D), until August 3, 1942
9. Thomas H. Eliot (D)
10. George H. Tinkham (R)
11. Thomas A. Flaherty (D)
12. John William McCormack (D)
13. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
14. Joseph William Martin Jr. (R)
15. Charles L. Gifford (R)

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

1. John E. Rankin (D)
2. Wall Doxey (D), until September 28, 1941
- Jamie L. Whitten (D), from November 4, 1941
3. William M. Whittington (D)
4. Aaron L. Ford (D)
5. Ross A. Collins (D)
6. William M. Colmer (D)
7. Dan R. McGehee (D)

Missouri

1. Milton A. Romjue (D)
2. William L. Nelson (D)
3. Richard M. Duncan (D)
4. C. Jasper Bell (D)
5. Joe Shannon (D)
6. Philip A. Bennett (R), until December 7, 1942
7. Dewey J. Short (R)
8. Clyde Williams (D)
9. Clarence Cannon (D)
10. Orville Zimmerman (D)
11. John B. Sullivan (D)
12. Walter C. Ploeser (R)
13. John J. Cochran (D)

Montana

1. Jeannette Rankin (R)
2. James F. O'Connor (D)

Nebraska

Nevada

At-large. James G. Scrugham (D), until December 7, 1942

New Hampshire

1. Arthur B. Jenks (R)
2. Foster Waterman Stearns (R)

New Jersey

New Mexico

At-large. Clinton Presba Anderson (D)

New York

1. Leonard W. Hall (R)
2. William Bernard Barry (D)
3. Joseph L. Pfeifer (D)
4. Thomas H. Cullen (D)
5. James J. Heffernan (D)
6. Andrew Lawrence Somers (D)
7. John J. Delaney (D)
8. Donald L. O'Toole (D)
9. Eugene James Keogh (D)
10. Emanuel Celler (D)
11. James A. O'Leary (D)
12. Samuel Dickstein (D)
13. Louis Capozzoli (D)
14. Morris Michael Edelstein (D), until June 4, 1941
- Arthur George Klein (D), from July 29, 1941
15. Michael J. Kennedy (D)
16. William T. Pheiffer (R)
17. Kenneth F. Simpson (R), until January 25, 1941
- Joseph C. Baldwin (R), from March 11, 1941
18. Martin J. Kennedy (D)
19. Sol Bloom (D)
20. Vito Marcantonio (AL)
21. Joseph A. Gavagan (D)
22. Walter A. Lynch (D)
23. Charles A. Buckley (D)
24. James M. Fitzpatrick (D)
25. Ralph A. Gamble (R)
26. Hamilton Fish III (R)
27. Lewis K. Rockefeller (R)
28. William T. Byrne (D)
29. E. Harold Cluett (R)
30. Frank Crowther (R)
31. Clarence E. Kilburn (R)
32. Francis D. Culkin (R)
33. Fred J. Douglas (R)
34. Edwin Arthur Hall (R)
35. Clarence E. Hancock (R)
36. John Taber (R)
37. W. Sterling Cole (R)
38. Joseph J. O'Brien (R)
39. James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (R)
40. Walter G. Andrews (R)
41. Alfred F. Beiter (D)
42. Pius L. Schwert (D), until March 11, 1941
- John C. Butler (R), from April 22, 1941
43. Daniel A. Reed (R)
At-large. Matthew J. Merritt (D)
At-large. Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day (D)

North Carolina

1. Herbert Covington Bonner (D)
2. John H. Kerr (D)
3. Graham Arthur Barden (D)
4. Harold D. Cooley (D)
5. Alonzo Dillard Folger (D), until April 30, 1941
- John Hamlin Folger (D), from June 14, 1941
6. Carl T. Durham (D)
7. J. Bayard Clark (D)
8. William O. Burgin (D)
9. Robert L. Doughton (D)
10. Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)
11. Zebulon Weaver (D)

North Dakota

At-large. Charles R. Robertson (R)
At-large. Usher L. Burdick (Nonpartisan Republican)

Ohio

At-large. George H. Bender (R)
At-large. Stephen M. Young (D)
1. Charles H. Elston (R)
2. William E. Hess (R)
3. Greg J. Holbrock (D)
4. Robert Franklin Jones (R)
5. Cliff Clevenger (R)
6. Jacob E. Davis (D)
7. Clarence J. Brown (R)
8. Frederick Cleveland Smith (R)
9. John F. Hunter (D)
10. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
11. Harold K. Claypool (D)
12. John M. Vorys (R)
13. Albert David Baumhart Jr. (R), until September 2, 1942
14. Dow W. Harter (D)
15. Robert T. Secrest (D), until August 3, 1942
16. William R. Thom (D)
17. J. Harry McGregor (R)
18. Lawrence E. Imhoff (D)
19. Michael J. Kirwan (D)
20. Martin L. Sweeney (D)
21. Robert Crosser (D)
22. Frances P. Bolton (R)

Oklahoma

At-large. Will Rogers (D)
1. Wesley E. Disney (D)
2. John Conover Nichols (D)
3. Wilburn Cartwright (D)
4. Lyle Boren (D)
5. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)
6. Jed Johnson (D)
7. Sam C. Massingale (D), until January 17, 1941
- Victor Wickersham (D), from April 1, 1941
8. Ross Rizley (R)

Oregon

Pennsylvania

1. Leon Sacks (D)
2. James P. McGranery (D)
3. Michael J. Bradley (D)
4. John E. Sheridan (D)
5. Francis R. Smith (D)
6. Francis J. Myers (D)
7. Hugh Scott (R)
8. James Wolfenden (R)
9. Charles L. Gerlach (R)
10. J. Roland Kinzer (R)
11. Patrick J. Boland (D), until May 18, 1942
- Veronica Grace Boland (D), from November 3, 1942
12. J. Harold Flannery (D), until January 3, 1942
- Thomas B. Miller (R), from May 19, 1942
13. Ivor D. Fenton (R)
14. Guy L. Moser (D)
15. Albert G. Rutherford (R), until August 10, 1941
- Wilson D. Gillette (R), from November 4, 1941
16. Robert F. Rich (R)
17. J. William Ditter (R)
18. Richard M. Simpson (R)
19. John C. Kunkel (R)
20. Benjamin Jarrett (R)
21. Francis E. Walter (D)
22. Harry L. Haines (D)
23. James E. Van Zandt (R)
24. J. Buell Snyder (D)
25. Charles I. Faddis (D), until December 4, 1942
26. Louis E. Graham (R)
27. Harve Tibbott (R)
28. Augustine B. Kelley (D)
29. Robert L. Rodgers (R)
30. Thomas E. Scanlon (D)
31. Samuel A. Weiss (D)
32. Herman P. Eberharter (D)
33. Joseph A. McArdle (D), until January 5, 1942
- Elmer J. Holland (D), from May 19, 1942
34. James A. Wright (D)

Rhode Island

1. Aime Forand (D)
2. John E. Fogarty (D)

South Carolina

South Dakota

1. Karl Earl Mundt (R)
2. Francis H. Case (R)

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

1. Walter K. Granger (D)
2. J. W. Robinson (D)

Vermont

At-large. Charles Albert Plumley (R)

Virginia

1. S. Otis Bland (D)
2. Colgate Darden (D), until March 1, 1941
- Winder R. Harris (D), from April 8, 1941
3. Dave E. Satterfield Jr. (D)
4. Patrick H. Drewry (D)
5. Thomas G. Burch (D)
6. Clifton A. Woodrum (D)
7. Absalom Willis Robertson (D)
8. Howard W. Smith (D)
9. John W. Flannagan Jr. (D)

Washington

1. Warren Magnuson (D)
2. Henry M. Jackson (D)
3. Martin F. Smith (D)
4. Knute Hill (D)
5. Charles H. Leavy (D), until August 1, 1942
6. John M. Coffee (D)

West Virginia

Wisconsin

1. Stephen Bolles (R), until July 8, 1941
- Lawrence H. Smith (R), from August 29, 1941
2. Harry Sauthoff (P)
3. William H. Stevenson (R)
4. Thaddeus Wasielewski (D)
5. Lewis D. Thill (R)
6. Frank Bateman Keefe (R)
7. Reid F. Murray (R)
8. Joshua L. Johns (R)
9. Merlin Hull (P)
10. Bernard J. Gehrmann (P)

Wyoming

At-large. John J. McIntyre (D)

Non-voting members

Alaska Territory. Anthony J. Dimond (D)
Hawaii Territory. Samuel Wilder King (R)
Philippines. Joaquín Miguel Elizalde (Ind.)
Puerto Rico. Bolívar Pagán (Socialist)

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80+% Democratic	80+% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic	60+% to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.

Senate

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation[lower-alpha 1]
West Virginia (2)	Matthew M. Neely (D)	Resigned January 12, 1941, after being elected Governor of West Virginia. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election, which he subsequently lost. In addition, successor took oath of office after the Senate resolved a challenge to the appointment.	Joseph Rosier (D)	January 13, 1941
Arkansas (2)	John E. Miller (D)	Resigned March 31, 1941, after being appointed judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Successor was appointed to finish the term.	G. Lloyd Spencer (D)	April 1, 1941
Texas (2)	Morris Sheppard (D)	Died April 9, 1941. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.	Andrew Jackson Houston (D)	April 21, 1941
Mississippi (2)	Pat Harrison (D)	Died June 22, 1941. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.	James Eastland (D)	June 30, 1941
Texas (2)	Andrew Jackson Houston (D)	Died June 26, 1941. Successor was elected to finish term.	W. Lee O'Daniel (D)	August 4, 1941
South Carolina (2)	James F. Byrnes (D)	Resigned July 17, 1941, after being appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.	Alva M. Lumpkin (D)	July 22, 1941
South Carolina (2)	Alva M. Lumpkin (D)	Died August 1, 1941. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.	Roger C. Peace (D)	August 5, 1941
Mississippi (2)	James Eastland (D)	Appointee did not seek election to finish term. Successor was elected September 28, 1941, to finish term.	Wall Doxey (D)	September 29, 1941
South Carolina (2)	Roger C. Peace (D)	Appointee did not seek election to finish term. Successor was elected November 4, 1941, to finish term.	Burnet R. Maybank (D)	November 5, 1941
Colorado (3)	Alva B. Adams (D)	Died December 1, 1941. Successor was appointed to serve until the November 3, 1942, special election, which he won.	Eugene Millikin (R)	December 20, 1941
West Virginia (2)	Joseph Rosier (D)	Appointee lost election November 17, 1942, to finish the term. Successor was elected to finish term.	Hugh Shott (R)	November 18, 1942
Minnesota (2)	Joseph H. Ball (R)	Appointee did not seek election to finish term. Successor was elected November 17, 1942, to finish term.	Arthur E. Nelson (R)	November 18, 1942
Nevada (1)	Berkeley L. Bunker (D)	Appointee lost election December 7, 1942, to finish the term. Successor was elected to finish term.	James G. Scrugham (D)	December 7, 1942

House of Representatives

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation[lower-alpha 1]
Oklahoma 7th	Sam C. Massingale (D)	Died January 17, 1941	Victor Wickersham (D)	April 1, 1941
New York 17th	Kenneth F. Simpson (R)	Died January 25, 1941	Joseph C. Baldwin (R)	March 11, 1941
Alabama 7th	Walter W. Bankhead (D)	Resigned February 1, 1941	Carter Manasco (D)	June 24, 1941
Maryland 6th	William D. Byron (D)	Died February 27, 1941	Katharine Byron (D)	May 27, 1941
Virginia 2nd	Colgate Darden (D)	Resigned March 1, 1941, to run for Governor of Virginia	Winder R. Harris (D)	April 8, 1941
New York 42nd	Pius L. Schwert (D)	Died March 11, 1941	John C. Butler (R)	April 22, 1941
North Carolina 5th	Alonzo D. Folger (D)	Died April 30, 1941	John H. Folger (D)	June 14, 1941
New York 14th	Morris M. Edelstein (D)	Died June 4, 1941	Arthur G. Klein (D)	July 29, 1941
Wisconsin 1st	Stephen Bolles (R)	Died July 8, 1941	Lawrence H. Smith (R)	August 29, 1941
Pennsylvania 15th	Albert G. Rutherford (R)	Died August 10, 1941	Wilson D. Gillette (R)	November 4, 1941
Colorado 4th	Edward T. Taylor (D)	Died September 3, 1941	Robert F. Rockwell (R)	December 9, 1941
Mississippi 2nd	Wall Doxey (D)	Resigned September 28, 1941, after being elected to the US Senate	Jamie L. Whitten (D)	November 4, 1941
California 17th	Lee E. Geyer (D)	Died October 11, 1941	Cecil R. King (D)	August 25, 1942
Massachusetts 7th	Lawrence J. Connery (D)	Died October 19, 1941	Thomas J. Lane (D)	December 30, 1941
Connecticut 5th	J. Joseph Smith (D)	Resigned November 4, 1941, after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut	Joseph E. Talbot (R)	January 20, 1942
Pennsylvania 12th	J. Harold Flannery (D)	Resigned January 3, 1942, after becoming judge of common pleas for Luzerne County, PA	Thomas B. Miller (R)	May 19, 1942
Pennsylvania 33rd	Joseph A. McArdle (D)	Resigned January 5, 1942, after being elected to the Pittsburgh City Council	Elmer J. Holland (D)	May 19, 1942
Pennsylvania 11th	Patrick J. Boland (D)	Died May 18, 1942	Veronica G. Boland (D)	November 3, 1942
Washington 5th	Arthur D. Healey (D)	Resigned August 1, 1942, after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington	Vacant until the next Congress
Massachusetts 8th	Charles H. Leavy (D)	Resigned August 3, 1942, after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts	Vacant until the next Congress
Ohio 15th	Robert T. Secrest (D)	Resigned August 3, 1942, after accepting a commission in the U.S. Navy	Vacant until the next Congress
Ohio 13th	Albert D. Baumhart, Jr. (R)	Resigned September 2, 1942, after accepting a commission in the U.S. Navy	Vacant until the next Congress
Iowa 9th	Vincent F. Harrington (D)	Resigned September 5, 1942, after accepting a commission as major in the United States Army	Harry E. Narey (R)	November 3, 1942
California 3rd	Frank H. Buck (D)	Died September 17, 1942	Vacant until the next Congress
Maryland 2nd	William Purington Cole, Jr. (D)	Resigned October 26, 1942, after being appointed judge for the U.S. Customs Court	Vacant until the next Congress
Pennsylvania 25th	Charles I. Faddis (D)	Resigned December 4, 1942, to enter the US Army	Vacant until the next Congress
Illinois 4th	Harry P. Beam (D)	Resigned December 6, 1942, after being elected judge for the municipal court of Chicago	Vacant until the next Congress
Illinois 6th	A. F. Maciejewski (D)	Resigned December 6, 1942	Vacant until the next Congress
Missouri 6th	Philip A. Bennett (R)	Died December 7, 1942	Vacant until the next Congress
Nevada at-large	James G. Scrugham (D)	Resigned December 7, 1942, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Vacant until the next Congress

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (4 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate

Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member: George W. Norris)
Agricultural Labor Shortages in the West (Special)
Appropriations (Chairman: Carter Glass; Ranking Member: Gerald P. Nye)
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Scott W. Lucas; Ranking Member: N/A)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: Robert F. Wagner; Ranking Member: Charles W. Tobey)
Civil Service (Chairman: William J. Bulow; Ranking Member: Wallace H. White, Jr.)
Civil Service Laws (Special)
Claims (Chairman: Prentiss M. Brown; Ranking Member: Arthur Capper)
Commerce (Chairman: Josiah W. Bailey; Ranking Member: Charles L. McNary)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Pat McCarran; Ranking Member: Arthur Capper)
Education and Labor (Chairman: Elbert D. Thomas; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette, Jr.)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Hattie W. Caraway; Ranking Member: Clyde M. Reed)
Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: J. Lister Hill; Ranking Member: James J. Davis)
Finance (Chairman: Walter F. George; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette, Jr.)
Foreign Relations (Chairman: Tom Connally; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson)
Fiscal Affairs of the Government (Special)
Fuel Situation in the Middle West (Special)
Fuels in the Areas West of the Mississippi (Special)
Gasoline and Fuel Oil Shortages (Special)
Immigration (Chairman: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: Elmer Thomas; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette, Jr.)
Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Bennett Champ Clark; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges)
Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Burton K. Wheeler; Ranking Member: Wallace H. White, Jr.)
Investigate the National Defense Program (Special)
Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: John H. Bankhead II; Ranking Member: Charles L. McNary)
Judiciary (Chairman: Frederick Van Nuys; Ranking Member: George W. Norris)
Library (Chairman: Alben W. Barkley; Ranking Member: Charles L. McNary)
Manufactures (Chairman: John H. Overton; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette, Jr.)
Military Affairs (Chairman: Robert R. Reynolds; Ranking Member: Warren R. Austin)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: Joseph F. Guffey; Ranking Member: James J. Davis)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: David I. Walsh; Ranking Member: James J. Davis)
Old-Age Pension System (Select)
Patents (Chairman: Homer T. Bone; Ranking Member: Wallace H. White, Jr.)
Pensions (Chairman: Henry H. Schwartz; Ranking Member: Henrik Shipstead)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Kenneth McKellar; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette, Jr.)
Printing (Chairman: Carl Hayden; Ranking Member: Chan Gurney)
Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Theodore F. Green; Ranking Member: Warren R. Austin)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Francis Maloney; Ranking Member: W. Warren Barbour)
Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman: Carl A. Hatch; Ranking Member: Gerald P. Nye)
Rules (Chairman: Harry F. Byrd; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Vandenberg)
Senatorial Campaign Expenditures (Special) (Chairman: Guy M. Gillette)
Small Business Enterprises (Special) (Chairman: James E. Murray)
Territories and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Millard E. Tydings; Ranking Member: Gerald P. Nye)
Whole
Wildlife Resources (Special) (Chairman: Bennett Champ Clark)
Wool Production (Special) (Chairman: Alva B. Adams)

House of Representatives

Accounts (Chairman: John J. Cochran; Ranking Member: James Wolfenden)
Agriculture (Chairman: Hampton P. Fulmer; Ranking Member: Clifford R. Hope)
Air Accidents (Select) (Chairman: Jack Nichols)
Appropriations (Chairman: Clarence Cannon; Ranking Member: John Taber)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: Henry B. Steagall; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott)
Census (Chairman: Guy L. Moser; Ranking Member: J. Roland Kinzer)
Civil Service (Chairman: Robert Ramspeck; Ranking Member: Edith Nourse Rogers)
Claims (Chairman: Dan R. McGehee; Ranking Member: J. Parnell Thomas)
Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Andrew Somers; Ranking Member: Chauncey W. Reed)
Conservation of Wildlife Resources (Select) (Chairman: A. Willis Robertson)
Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Alfred J. Elliott; Ranking Member: Bertrand W. Gearhart)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: Everett M. Dirksen)
Education (Chairman: William H. Larrabee; Ranking Member: George A. Dondero)
Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Caroline O'Day; Ranking Member: George H. Tinkham)
Elections No.#1 (Chairman: C. Jasper Bell; Ranking Member: Clarence E. Hancock)
Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Joseph A. Gavagan; Ranking Member: Francis D. Culkin)
Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Albert Thomas; Ranking Member: Charles A. Plumley)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan; Ranking Member: Charles Aubrey Eaton)
Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman: James A. O'Leary; Ranking Member: Charles L. Gifford)
Flood Control (Chairman: William M. Whittington; Ranking Member: Harry Lane Englebright)
Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Sol Bloom; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish III)
Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Samuel Dickstein; Ranking Member: Noah M. Mason)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: Will Rogers; Ranking Member: Fred C. Gilchrist)
Insular Affairs (Chairman: Leo Kocialkowski; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch)
Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Clarence F. Lea; Ranking Member: Charles A. Wolverton)
Investigate National Defense Migration (Select) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John Lesinski; Ranking Member: Robert F. Jones)
Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Compton I. White; Ranking Member: Dewey Jackson Short)
Judiciary (Chairman: Hatton W. Sumners; Ranking Member: Ulysses S. Guyer)
Labor (Chairman: Mary Teresa Norton; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch)
Library (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: Allen T. Treadway)
Memorials (Chairman: Harry P. Beam; Ranking Member: Frank Crowther)
Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: S. Otis Bland; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch)
Military Affairs (Chairman: Andrew J. May; Ranking Member: Walter G. Andrews)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: Joe L. Smith; Ranking Member: Harry Lane Englebright)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Carl Vinson; Ranking Member: Melvin J. Maas)
Patents (Chairman: Charles Kramer; Ranking Member: Fred A. Hartley, Jr.)
Pensions (Chairman: Martin F. Smith; Ranking Member: Fred J. Douglas)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Milton A. Romjue; Ranking Member: Fred A. Hartley, Jr.)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Fritz G. Lanham; Ranking Member: Pehr G. Holmes)
Public Lands (Chairman: Martin F. Smith; Ranking Member: Harry Lane Englebright)
Revision of Laws (Chairman: Milton A. Romjue; Ranking Member: Earl C. Michener)
Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: J.W. Robinson; Ranking Member: Albert E. Carter)
Roads (Chairman: Wilburn Cartwright; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott)
Rules (Chairman: Adolph J. Sabath; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish III)
Small Business (Select)
Standards of Official Conduct
Territories (Chairman: Robert A. Green; Ranking Member: Lewis K. Rockefeller)
War Claims (Chairman: Joseph A. Gavagan; Ranking Member: Clare E. Hoffman)
Ways and Means (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Allen T. Treadway)
World War Veterans' Legislation (Chairman: John E. Rankin; Ranking Member: Edith Nourse Rogers)
Whole

Joint committees

Arrange the Inauguration for President-elect (Chairman: Sen. Matthew M. Neely)
Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
Eradication of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly
Forestry (Chairman: Sen. John H. Bankhead II; Vice Chairman: Rep. Hampton P. Fulmer)
United States Congress Joint Committee on Government Organization (Chairman: Sen. James F. Byrnes)
The Library (Chairman: Sen. Alben W. Barkley)
Printing (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden; Vice Chairman: Rep. Pete Jarman)
Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures
Taxation (Chairman: Sen. Pat Harrison then Rep. Robert L. Doughton; Vice Chairman: Sen. Walter F. George)
To Investigate Phosphate Resource of the United States (Chairman: J. Hardin Peterson)

Caucuses

Democratic (House)
Democratic (Senate)

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn
Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver
Comptroller General of the United States: Lindsay C. Warren
Librarian of Congress: Archibald MacLeish
Public Printer of the United States: Augustus E. Giegengack

Senate

Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey
Librarian: Ruskin McArdle
Secretary for the Majority: Leslie Biffle
Secretary for the Minority: Carl A. Loeffler
Sergeant at Arms: Chesley W. Jurney
Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins
Chaplain: ZeBarney Thorne Phillips (Episcopal), until May 1942
- Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist), after October 10, 1942

House of Representatives

Clerk: South Trimble
Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
Reading Clerks: Roger M. Calloway (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott
Postmaster: Finis E. Scott
Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodist)

Notes

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References

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77th United States Congress

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